Elisabeth Leseur
French mystic (1866-1914)
Who they were
Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur (16 October 1866 – 3 May 1914), born Pauline Élisabeth Arrighi, was a French mystic best known for her spiritual diary and the conversion of her husband, Félix Leseur (1861–1950), a medical doctor and well known leader of the French anti-clerical, atheistic movement. The cause for the beatification of Élisabeth Leseur was opened in 1934. Her current status in the process is that of a Servant of God.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Elisabeth Leseur is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Diocese of Paris: the cause of Elisabeth Leseur.
- Santi, beati e testimoni — Serva di DioÉlisabeth Arrighi Leseur — Serva di DioÉlisabeth Arrighi Leseur — Laica — Parigi, Francia, 16 ottobre 1866 - 3 maggio 1914
- Wikidata Q2740911 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Élisabeth Leseur (CC BY-SA)
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